Non-refillable bottle.



A. HAMMERSTBIN.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED PEB. zo, 190e.

909,890 Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

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W/ TNESSES dvlwwq 9 ARTHUR HAMMERSTEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NoN-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

Application filed February 20, 1908. Serial No. 416,858.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR HAMMER- sTEIN, a citizen of the United States, resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non- Reillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to non-refllable bottles and has for its object to provide a bot-- tle of this description which is simple in construction and .easy and cheap to manufacture and which is effective in operation.

To this end my invention consists in certain constructions and combinations of parts as will be fully described hereinafter, the feature of novelty being pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings which illustrate two forms of my invention and in Which- Figure l is a central section of a bottle constructed according to my invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail section thereof showing the seal; Fig. 3 is a cross section thereof on the line 3-3 of Fig. l; Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal section of another form of my devlce, and Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail section showing the ball valve used in this form of my bottle.

A represents the body of the bottle and B is the neck thereof having the open end C for the reception of the customary cork. A lling channel E preferably having a number of bends E and short chambers E2 projecting therefrom is located in the neck and extends from the cork receiving chamber to the body of the bot-tle. This channel E is tapered as indicated at F and communicates with a circular chamber F which in turn is connected with the body of the bottle by a short passage G. The object of this construction will appear from the description below.

H is an emptying channel similar in general construction to the channel E, excepting that said channel H is elongated in cross section instead of circular as indicated in Fig. 3. This channel is provided near its one end with a valve chamber I having a seat I and in which is located a ball valve J preferably hollow and made of some resilient material such as rubber.

K is a bar which extends across the channel H and serves to prevent ball valve from leaving the chamber I. Both channels may,

if desired, be provided with flaring ends E2 and H.

A seal for closing the channel E is provided which comprises a compressible member L of rubber or similar material secured to a plug which is preferably made of porcelain or some similar material not affected by acids. The plug is preferably conical in shape with the point of the cone extending toward the center of the compressible or resilient member L, and is arranged to snugly fit the tapered portion F of the channel E.

In use the bottle is rst filled through the channel E and after it has been filled the seal is introduced into said passage with the member L projected toward the body of the bottle. Air pressure is now applied to the mouth of the channel E and the seal blown through the said channel E until the ilexible member has been forced through the tapered portion F, after which it expands into the chamber F as shown in Fig. 1. In this position plug L snugly lits the channel E, the shape of this portion of the channel and the plug being substantially the same and the member L fills the chamber F. The passage or channel E is now sealed and plug L prevents any acid or other fluid which may be introduced into the channel E from reaching the member L and dissolving it. By making the plug L tapering or conical in shape to t the tapering portion F of the channel E Ithe seal is prevented from being forced completely through the filling channel into the body of the bottle. After the seal has once been forced into position, it cannot be Withdrawn from the channel E, thus making it absolutely impossible to pour any more liquid into the bottle through the channel E. The contents of the bottle may be readily poured through the channel H, the movement of the ball valve J bein" limited by the cross bar K. if it should bb@ tried to su the bota@ through the emptying channel H, it will be found that any liquid introduced into this channel while the bottle is upright will force the ball valve against its seat and if the bottle should be tilted the valve will be floated and will thus seat itself and prevent any but a small quantity of liquid from reaching the body of the bottle. The shape of the channels E and H prevents a wire or other instrument from being forced therethrough. The chambers E2 and H2 located at each bend also do away with the the seal into its final position. In/this forni y of my device the filling channel e has a ta pered portion c which communicates with an enlarged circular chamber c?- Thischamber in turn is connected by means of a channel e3y withv the body a of the bottle. c5 isa ball located the channel e3 movable between the projection e and the crossbar e7'. Thelemptying channel/i also communicates-withthebody of they bottle and is provided with the valve cham-ber /tf having a seat h2 and a ball valve I with a neck having a filling channel and a shoulder in said channel, a resilient seal arranged tobe forced into said channel toiclose.

its'. The movement of the ball valve is. limited oney direction byv the cross bar Zit. The emptying channel i is connected by a conical passage if with the circular chamber e2. rEhe seal in this instance consists of the hollow compressib'lle orV resilient member Z' secured to the porcelain or other plug Z in the same manner as described with regard to the structuresrshown in Figs. l and 2. A conical projection Zl of a size and shape to fill the passage h5 is also secured to the member Z diametrically opposite to the plug Z". Both the channels: e and i. are provided. with flaring ends c4 and LG, the end c4 being preferably ofV slightly larger diameter than the neck provided with a chamber and a filling -channel communicating with said chamberV and having a reduced portion adjacent tov member Z. therwise` this form of my invention is the same as thatv shown in Figs. l, 2 and ln using this second `form of bottle, the fiiiid isintroduced through the channel e into the body of the bottle until the bottle is full. The seal is then introduced into the Haring end e4 of the channel e Wirth the conical projections Z2; extending I n resilient member is in the said' chamber;

inward. Suction is now applied to the end It of the emptying channel, which suction drawsV the ball valve h3' upward against the crossbar I# in theA manner illustrated in Fig. 5.. This seals. the channel /i below the conical passage [L5 and prevents the fluid in the bottle from being drawn out by said suction. @ontinued suction will now draw the compressible member Z through the channel e and into the circular chamber e2. 'During the passage through the channel e the member Z' is: compressed or elongated as1 shown in dotted lines in Fig. t and is drawn through the reduced portion c and into the circular chamber c2 where sai-d member Z expands and which chamber it completely fills. In this position the plug z" completely closes. the channel e and the projection Z2 fills` the conical. passage h5. The lilling channel is thus completely sealed and the member Z is protectedagainst the action of any acid which may be introduced into either the channel e or' the channel H, it being understood that both the plug Z. and the projection Z2V are made of material which is acid proof.

Inboth forms of my invention the bottle `is eiectua-lly sealed lagainst refilling and is easy and cheap to manufacture.

Various modifications may be made without departing from the nature of my invention as defined in the claims.

I claim: Y l. The combination of a bottle provided Vwith a neck having a chamber, a iilling channel coiniiiiinicati-ng with said chamberT and a shoulder in. saidl channel abovel the chamber, a resilient seal arranged to. be-

' forced through said channel into: said chamber and a non-resilient plug secured to said.

vresilient seal and adapted to engage said 1 shoulder to limit th-.einovement of said seal..

2. The combination of a bottle provided it and a non-resilient plug secured to. said resilient seal and adapted to eng-agesaid shoulder to limity the movement of the said seal.

3. The combination of a bottle provided with a neck having a chamber and' con:- tracted channels on oppositey sides of said chamber and in communication therewith and a resilient seal arranged to be forced through one of said channels into. said chamberV to close said second channel.

4.. The combination of a bottle having a said chamber, a resilient. member arranged to be forced through said channel into said chamber and a plug secured to said re,- isilient member and adapted to fill the re.

duced portion of the channel when the 5. The combination of a bottle having a neck provided with a chamber and an undulating channel having a contracted end in communication with said chamber,v a resilient seal arranged to be forced beyond the contracted end of said channel into said j chamber and meansv for preventing said seal from being forced on out of said chamber.

6. The combination of a bottle having a neck provided with a filling channel and an `emptying channel adjacent thereto, a resilient lseal arranged to be forced into said filling channel to: close it, andmeans for preventing the introduction of liquid through said emptying channel.

7. The combination of a bottle. having a neck provided with a llingchannel and an emptying channel adjacent thereto7 a. re-

'to be force and tapered toward it, a resilient seal arranged to be forced through said channel and into said chamber and a tapering nonresilient plug to which said resilient seal is attached, adapted to t the tapered portion of the lling channel adjacent to said chamber when the seal is in position in the chamber.

9. The combination of a bottle having a neck provided with a filling channel havin a tapered portion, a resilient seal arrange into said channel to close it and ug fits the tapered a tapering non-resilient plug, to which said seal is attached, which p portion of the channel adjacent to the re- 15 silient seal.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ARTHUR HAMMERSTEIN.

Witnesses:

EDMUND F. WEBBER, JOHN A. KEHLENBECK. 

